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There had been previous plans for controlled-access highways in Germany under the Weimar Republic, and two had been constructed, but work had yet to start on long-distance highways. After previously opposing plans for a highway network, the Nazis embraced them after coming to power and presented the project as Hitler's own idea.
Hitler ceremonially starts the excavation works for the first Austrian autobahn (1938). "Reichsautobahn" in 1943. Just days after the 1933 Nazi takeover, Adolf Hitler enthusiastically embraced an ambitious autobahn construction project, appointing Fritz Todt, the Inspector General of German Road Construction, to lead it. By 1936, 130,000 ...
Adolf Hitler [a] (20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was the dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 until his suicide in 1945. He rose to power as the leader of the Nazi Party, [c] becoming the chancellor in 1933 and then taking the title of Führer und Reichskanzler in 1934.
1932 (publication date) Munich (publication place) Franz Eher Nachfolger published Hitler's first phonograph recording titled Hitlers Appell an die Nation ("Hitler's Appeal to the Nation") as propaganda for the German federal election on 31 July 1932. [23] 27 July: 1932: Berlin... (Berlin Stadium) 1 September: 1932: Berlin: In the Sportpalast ...
Pages in category "German inventions of the Nazi period" The following 58 pages are in this category, out of 58 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Hitler at a groundbreaking ceremony for a new section of the Reichsautobahn highway system, in 1933. In June 1933, the "Reinhardt Program" for infrastructure development was introduced. It combined indirect incentives, such as tax reductions, with direct public investment in waterways, railroads and highways. [42]
Many of the official national holidays in the Third Reich were anniversaries of political events, namely the seizure of power (January 30), the announcement of the Nazi Party program in 1920 (24 February), Hitler's birthday (20 April) and the Beer Hall Putsch (9 November). Others were traditional German holidays.
The Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1944 covered federal spending on highways "after the war", which (after World War II ended in August 1945) meant spending in fiscal 1946, 1947, and 1948. Among the act's provisions were: [8] Creation of a 40,000-mile (64,000 km) National System of Interstate Highways to connect major cities and industrial areas.